SAP – Resetting the Export button in ALV

I recently ran into this again in a current project, and of course, I had to look it up to remember how to fix it.

When you are in an ALV grid in SAP, you get the nice little export button.  The first time you press it, it gives you the full list of output formats.  it also has a check box to make it the default option. What they don’t explain is that once you press this check box, it’s not easy to get back and change it.  In fact, the only way that I know of is to run a program.

SALV_BS_ADMIN_MAINTAIN

Inside this program, you can find the user and either change or delete the default for them.  Seems strange, but it’s the way to fix it.

Thanks for reading,

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